ROBERT E. BIRKENMEIER, 1LT, USAF

Robert Birkenmeier '54

Lucky Bag

Robert Edward Birkenmeier

St. Louis, Missouri

Right out of the land of Jesse James we first encountered Wild Bob. Instead of devoting his above-average mind to academics. Bob devoted a great deal of time and effort to keeping his classmates in good spirits. His career at the Academy could only be expressed in superlatives; his captaincy of Dr. Bob's Bullets football team, the leader of his company weightlifting club, and as social leader on Baltimore liberties made Bob one of the most completely available young men among our number. To say that Bob had many talents is a notable understatement, and the inevitable is that he will probably become a better officer than many of the midnight scholars.

FOOTBALL—2. CROSS COUNTRY—2. STEEPLE CHASE—2. SOFTBALL—2.

Robert Edward Birkenmeier

St. Louis, Missouri

Right out of the land of Jesse James we first encountered Wild Bob. Instead of devoting his above-average mind to academics. Bob devoted a great deal of time and effort to keeping his classmates in good spirits. His career at the Academy could only be expressed in superlatives; his captaincy of Dr. Bob's Bullets football team, the leader of his company weightlifting club, and as social leader on Baltimore liberties made Bob one of the most completely available young men among our number. To say that Bob had many talents is a notable understatement, and the inevitable is that he will probably become a better officer than many of the midnight scholars.